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PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

C. H. LIND.

PHYSIOIANS CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.20, 1907.

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' PHYSICIANS CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed April 20, 1907. Serial No. 369,210.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CnAnLEs H. LIND, a citizen of the United States,residing at (Janton, in the county of Stark andState of'Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Physicians Cabinets; andI do iereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, making a part of this specification, and to the numerals ofreference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing the doors open also showing the slidable shelf extended. Fig. 2is a pers ective view showing the cabinet closed. Fig. 3 is a transversesection showing the doors open. Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing thedoors closed. Fig. 5 is a view showing a portion of one of the doors andone of the adjustable shelves in position to be connected to the door.Fig. 6 is a detached view of one of the adjustable shelves. Fig. 7 is avertical section of the cabinet body showing the movable shelf extended.

The present invention has relation to a physicians cabinet, and itconsists in the novel arrangement hereinafter described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the base, which may be of anyother desired form as the base within itself forms no particular part ofthe present invention.

'lhe base 1 1s for the urpose of supporting the back member 2 and theside members 3, which arts are connected in the usual manner an areformed of a height to correspond substantially with the height of thecabinet. To the back member 2 and the side members 3 is attached the topsection 4, which may be of any desired form as its principal object isfor the ur ose of adding to the ap earance of the nis led cabinet. Tothe siile members 3 are hinged the doors 5, which doors are so formedthat they can and do carry adjustable shelves, which adjustable shelvesare formed of such shape that articles such as usually required by aphysician may be carried and held. These doors are so formed that whenthey are brought into the osition illustrated in Fig. 2 they will closet 1e front of the cabinet. It is well understood that in cabinets ofthis class different sized articles are to be placed and the shelvesshould be adjustably connected so that they can be moved or spaced to)rovide room for different sized articles such as bottles of medicineand in order to accomplish this result the side members of the doors 5are each provided with the grooves (5, the backs of which grooves areprovided with a series of inclined teeth 7, which inclined teeth are forthe urpose of holding the various shelves 8 in ixed adjustment by meansof the springs 9, which springs are provided with the outward extendedportions 10, the bottom or under faces of said outward extended portionsresting upon the .top of the teeth 7.

For the purpose of providing a means for disengaging the springs 10 fromthe teeth 7 so that the shelves 8 can be lowered after having beenbrought into an elevated position the extended portions 10 of the srings 9 are bent so as to come under the shelves and in position to beconveniently reached. The side members of the doors 5 are provided withthe flanges 11, which flanges are for the purpose of forming guides forthe movement of the various shelves 8, the end members of which shelvesare provided. with the shoulders 13, which shoulders abut against thefaces of the flanges 11 when the shelves are brought into properposition with reference to the doors and in such a position that thesprings 9 will be in position to bring the extended portions 10 mtoproper engagement with the teeth 7. The end members of the shelves 8 arealso provided with the shoulders 14, which shoulders abut against theflanges 15. It will be understood that the portions of the end membersbetween the shoulders 13 and 14, will be seated between the flanges 11and 15 so that there will be no accidental displacement of the shelveswhen the doors are turned upon their hinges. In order to bring the endmembers into proper position so that the flanges 15 and 1] will hold theshelves proper the lower portions of the flanges 15 are cut away so asto allow the shelves to be placed within the doors 5. in assembling theshelves each shelf is brought into position so that the springs 9together with their.

extended portions 10 will register with the grooves 6 and when in thatposition the shelves will move upward until each shelf is brought intothe desired adjustment. Any desired number of the shelves 8 are providedwith the step shelves or ledges 16, and for the purpose of providing ameans of preventing is exten ed as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 7' saidbars assume the osition shown in Fig. 7 The free or lower en s of thebars 19 are pro vided with notches, which 'notches engage the pins 20,and thereby hold the shelf 18 in an extended position. The to or upperportion of the cabinet is provider with any de sired number of shelvesand drawers 21 and 22 which are arranged substantially as shown in thedrawings.

I am aware of the fact that it has heretofore been suggested to .providethe doors of cabinets with bottle carrying sections or compartments, butin these earlier instances the sections or com artments within the doorswere not readi y adjustable up and down to accommodate them forsupporting various sized bottles, nor were they provided at either endwith simultaneously operating means for holding them in adjustedposition. Again with the earlier constructions in which bottles weresupported in vertical position, the bottles were liable to be thrown outof the shelves if the doors were shut with a sudden jolt. In the cabinetwhich I have devised the shelf sections are readily adjustable with thebottles upon them, so that the to s of the bottles on one 'shelf may bebroug it practicall into engagement with the bottom of the she f orsection above them, merely by pressing upward on the section, in such amanner that the bottles cannot be gotten out Without either raising theshelf above or lowering the one carrying the bottles or bottle which itis desired to remove.

The adjustable sections which are provided with two or more shelves orbottle supports for relatively small bottles have these shelvespositioned one behind the other inascending series and each with asuitable bottle retainer. This enablesme to efficiently utilize all ofthe space within the doors, which must be of sufficient width toaccommodate adjustable sections wide enough to carry bottles ofrelatively large diameter.

In order to fully utilize all of the space within the cabinet thedrawers 22 are of sufficient -width so that two of them may be arrangededge to edge within the cabinet at either side of the median linethereof, on which the doors close. With this arrangement the operatorhas access to the drawers on either side of the cabinet by simplyopenscarce ing the door on that side, so that it is not' necessary forhim to open both doors for this urpose. The advantage of this isappglrlent om the fact, that if the doorsare of bottles, it is desirableto open each one of them only when necessary.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a physicians cabinet, the combination with the cabinet frame, ofdoors provided with side members hinged to said frame, said side membersbeing formed with longitudinal grooves the backs of which are toothed,and shelves adjustably mounted in arranged to engage the adjacenttoothed rack and having a suitable finger tang or release beneath thebottom wall of the section, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. In a physicians cabinet, the combination of a suitable frame, achambered door hinged to said frame, and a bottle carrying sectionmounted within said door and arranged for vertical adjustment therein,said section having a plurality of shelves one behind the other inascending series, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a physicians cabinet, the combination of a suitable frame, achambered door hinged to said frame and having each of its side wallsvertically grooved, a vertically arranged toothed rack carried by each.of said side walls adjacent to the rear wall of said groove, aplurality of bottle carrying sections adjustably arranged in said dooreach having at either end a tongue for engagement with the walls of thegroove in the adjacent side wall of the door, and outwardly projectingspring pawls, each carried by one of; said tongues and adapted to engagethe teeth of the adjacent rack, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. LIND: Witnesses:

J. A. JEFFERs, F. W. BOND.

